DAILY BULLETIN NO. 4, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2007 Locals Grab Early Lead in Stratified Championship Pairs
Last night was a good one if your name is Wendy. Tournament Publicity Chairman Wendy Gray and husband Richard narrowly took the lead in all three flights of the Stratified Championship Pairs with a 64.35% first session. Close behind are two Canadians, Wendy Dooley-Ronald Sutherland, playing Flight A, who had 64.12%. Canadian professional Allan Graves, playing with Bermudian Jean Johnson, are currently standing third with 63.43%. The leaders’ private score card showed mostly plus scores; the rare minuses were mostly of the –170 variety. Asked for deals with interesting points in bidding or play, the Grays both modestly responded that their good results were mostly the opponents bidding to the wrong level. Where Are They Now? If you have won any one or multi-session event, your photograph should be here somewhere. Unfortunately, your Editor has been unable to track down many of the victors—perhaps they hope to maintain some level of anonymity and sneak up on me (or you) by avoiding publicity. But we’d like to give them their kudos and get to know them, if only a little. PLEASE, if your picture ought to grace these pages, ask a Director or any of the Tournament Committee to point the Editor out to you so he can capture your beaming physiognomy for posterity. This includes winners of each flight of every event. Notice that the Flight A winners have not been shy. Why let them hog all the glory? The Editor can almost always be found either in the playing area or the Lilly Room half a flight up from the Mezzanine, across from the Business Center. Closing Banquet Prizes Please start thinking about your Banquet table Prizes for Championship events are on For Saturday night. display at A.S. Cooper’s Store on the Forms can be obtained from the Hospitality Desk. Mezzanine level. You can sit with friends, or we will form a table for you (10 per table). Forms must be handed in by Tuesday, PLEASE.
Meet the “Real” Flight A Swiss Winners We initially reported that two teams had tied for first place in Sunday’s Flight A Swiss. However, for purposes of prize awards and Blue Ribbon Pairs qualification, the ACBL has a tie-breaking formula. The first branch compares won-loss records; the Douglas Team won 6 of its 8 matches, while the Smolski Team won only 5. So, even though the Smolski Team won the head-to-head match, the Douglas Team gets the nod as the “official” winners. Congratulations to both foursomes.
Pictured Left to Right: Ian Harvey, Barry Rahman, David Pereira, and Captain Alan (“I’m NOT Allan”) Douglas.
Allow Me to Let You in on a Bidding Secret In Flight 1 of the Bracketed KO Teams, no one solved the puzzle of what to do with this hand: KQ954 8 7 AKQJ75. Vulnerable against not, it goes 1NT to your right in first seat. At one table this showed 13-15, at the other 14-16. What would you bid?
With a running six card suit it looks tempting to double, but with this distribution it may not go all pass. If there is more bidding, you may never get the chance to fully describe your hand to partner. Also, in case you forgot, it takes more than six winners to defeat 1NT.
People tend to forget that when the opponents have opened 1NT, 2NT, while usually used to show both minors, may also show a powerful game-going two-suiter too good for a lesser bid. This hand certainly qualifies. Your partner, holding a hopeless hand which would pass any non-forcing two-suited bid, J85 10975 532 952, will of course bid 3; you will bid 3 and partner has little option but to raise to the cold spade game (you made the forcing bid, so it will be your fault if it’s wrong), where the J85 are pure gold. Meanwhile, against 1NT doubled, after you rattle off six club tricks, the opponents will be ready to claim the balance.
How to be a Winner Bert Newman and Ed White have been enjoying a pretty solid tournament so far, winning the opening Charity Pairs and scoring well in the first two sessions of the Pembroke Series. On Monday they tried Flight 1 of the Bracketed KOs, and demonstrated that one secret to success is to pick good teammates:
A105 K93 West North East South AJ954 West East K 1 Pass 2 Pass A5 KQ1094 2NT Pass 4NT Pass 873 AK94 6NT All Pass
West thought three aces, a jack, and a few nice spot cards enough to accept partner’s slam invitation. Poor Myles Walsh was on lead holding: QJ2 Q1083 J83 Q62. You or I might have hoped partner could produce the 10, and have quickly been minus 1440. But Myles made the inspired guess to lead the 2.
Declarer noted that the opponents were playing 4th best against notrump, and ducked the lead. The spotlight now shifted to Margie Sullivan. With J105 (what a good partner!), she carefully won the trick with her J. Poor West was duly taken in, and later (after diamonds came home for five tricks) decided to play North for Q10xx, running the 8 and losing to Margie’s carefully concealed 10.
2 If you ever hold a hand like Myles’, one way to solve the problem is to lead your unsupported honor, here, the Q. In this case, declarer certainly would have won the A, then taken two club finesses in the firm belief North held the J . You can also pull off the same coup leading an unsupported jack from Jxx—if declarer is missing the 10 but has the 9, there is a good chance your partner’s 10xx will be promoted into a trick. Note: these are desperate measures for rare situations. Don’t try this without adult supervision! A Little Knowledge Can Be a Dangerous Thing—But to Whom? Miodrag (Misha) Novakovic and Ray McDaid, two of partnership chair Judy Bussell’s students, racked up a 70.76% score to win Flights A, B, and C of the Sunday Evening Pairs, after besting 60% (and winning Flight C) in the first session. Here they demonstrate how to catch a fish and clean it:
West North East South Board 6. E/W Vul. Dealer East. 3 Dbl Rdbl 3 3 Dbl 4 Pass Pass Dbl Rdbl All Pass
J 109732 106542 J2 K Q108762 QJ54 QJ93 7 K863 AQ10954 A9543 AK86 AK8 7 South apparently never heard of the Duke of Cumberland hand (also known as the Mississippi Heart hand—See next page). Novakovic decided his clubs looked more like a 7-bagger than his spades did a 6-card suit, so unlike all the “experts” who opened some number of spades, he immediately found his 10-card fit. South can be forgiven the first double for takeout, and even the second double (although Deep Finesse says that 3 is cold). But after East announces at least 11 black cards, South might have doubted the defensive value of all those red aces and kings. The redouble was icing on the cake, for a cool 1320—pretty good for missing a cold game!
FERRY SCHEDULE
Depart Hamilton 9:30 am 3:30 pm 5:45 pm Depart Waterlot 7:45 am 10:15 am (via Dockyard) 4:30 pm
3 Rocks of Distribution Indeed—The Duke of Cumberland Hand The infamous Duke of Cumberland Hand shows just how impotent high cards can become when they face distributional values. According to legend, the Duke of Cumberland (son of George III) lost a fortune playing whist, betting against the opponents taking thirteen tricks when on lead with clubs as trump holding this “dream” hand: AKQ AKQ AKQJ KJ9 Ostensibly the hand was a favourite of Mississippi riverboat gamblers for fleecing unsuspecting rubes in the post- Civil War United States. The tale has been modernized so that the victim is defending 7 redoubled. Here is the full deal (there are several variations):
void 109876543 void AQ1032 AKQ J2 AKQ J2 AKQJ 1098765432 KJ9 void 109876543 void void 87654
No matter what West leads, declarer can arrange to set up one of the eight card side suits, sandwiched between drawing three rounds of trump by means of two finesses. A diamond lead is best; declarer ruffs in dummy, trumps a heart in hand, plays a club and covers West’s card as cheaply as possible, ruffs a second heart, takes another club finesse, ruffs a third heart with the South hand’s last trump, ruffs a spade to dummy, cashes the A, and claims.
The hand, or a variation (North is 0-0-8-5, South is 4-4-0-5, and West 4-4-2-3), has been featured in such novels as Ian Fleming’s Moonraker, where James Bond takes the villain Drax to the cleaners. Of course, in real life any villain worthy of 007’s attention would know all about this old canard—but that never bothered the author much. In the same book, he has Cold War England building a moon rocket fuelled by a “secret” combination of hydrogen and fluorine, which any first year chemistry student knows would have bathed thousands of square miles of English countryside (not to mention France, Spain, Belgium, Scotland, Wales, or Ireland, depending on the wind direction) in lethal fumes.
George III, to say the least, did not exactly enjoy good press in America, so making his second son play the fool by spreading this story would have easily found cachet . And since the peerage title was previously held by the second son of George II, who led the English in a slaughter of the Scots at and after the Battle of Culloden (April 16, 1746), anyone of Highland descent would have been only too glad to repeat the rumor.
Whatever the historicity, the hand graphically demonstrates the need to respect the opponents’ distributional values when evaluating defensive prospects. Every bridge experts knows the tale and that is why you often find them leading trump against enemy sacrifices. The hand from the previous page illustrates how important it is to listen to the bidding and consider how the value of your hand may vary from its high card count.
4 Bermuda Hospitality Hostility?
Before coming here, my Invaluable Assistant (see the Daily Bulletin for Saturday) and I heard all about Bermuda’s famous hospitality. Every word was true in spades (pardon the pun). But my poor Sweetie seems to encounter nothing but hostility from the card gods, as these two hands from successive rounds of the Sunday Evening Series Side Game demonstrate: K754 Board 3. E/W Vul. Dealer South. KJ J65 Q975 QJ63 98 Q983 1052 10432 AK98 J K642 A102 A764 Q7 A1083 Defending South’s 3NT from the East position, Jacqui thought things were off to a good start when her partner found a diamond lead. But after three rounds, declarer was in dummy, and thought this a good time to lead the Q! That pinned West’s singleton J and made ten tricks for declarer easy. 10653 Board 7. All Vul. Dealer South. A104 K953 Q10 KQJ87 9 K8 QJ7532 QJ62 87 98 KJ54 A42 96 A104 A7632 This time South was only in 1NT after West overcalled 1. South won the spade lead and, aiming to keep West off lead, crossed to dummy to play the Q! Again, this pickled the E-W club holding as the doubleton 98 crashed to earth. Declarer thus scored four club winners on power to go with two diamonds and two major aces. Yes, had Jacqui bid 2, she might have gotten partner off to the killing heart lead—but Deep Finesse says that it is North-South that can make 1, so –200 in two hearts East- West would have been worse still. Of course, every West in the room led a spade; the late Ron Anderson used to opine that “If the card gods deal you KQJ of a suit and it’s wrong to lead one, that’s their fault, not yours.” Alas, as my wife is fond of saying, “sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug.”
5 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Tuesday, Jan. 23rd 9:00 am Compact KO Teams* (two 12 board matches) – Cedar Series (Completion) Stratified Side Game - Warwick Series (2nd Session) (Total of 5 single session morning side games)
10:30 am Expert Panel Show
1:00 pm Bracketed Championship KO Teams* (2nd Round) Stratified Side Game - Pembroke Series (5th Session) (Total of 6 single session side games) Newcomer Stratified Pairs
8:15 pm Stratified Championship Pairs* (2nd Session) Stratified Side Game - Pembroke Series (6th and Final Session) Newcomer Stratified Pairs Wednesday, 9:00 am Swiss Teams* (first session) Jan. 24th Stratified Side Game - Warwick Series (3rd Session) (Total of 5 single session morning side games)
1:00 pm Bracketed Championship KO Teams* (semi-finals) Compact KO Teams* (two 12 board matches) –Sandys Series (Finishes Thursday afternoon) Stratified Side Game - Paget Series (1st Session) (Total of 6 single session side games)
Newcomer Stratified Pairs
8:15 pm Stratified Open Pairs* (1st Session) Stratified Side Game - Paget Series (2nd Session) Newcomer Stratified Pairs *Championship events in bold. Players may play in any number of Stratified Side Games with the same or different partners. Compact KO teams strictly limited to 4 members only; Bracketed KO Teams may have 4, 5, or 6 players.
The Jasmine Lounge
Bridge players enjoy special drink prices in the Jasmine Lounge. The special rates include house wines, beers, and non- Alan’s Store, premium spirits. All specially priced drinks are available where you can select from a vast for just $5.75. YOU MUST MENTION array of Section Top Prizes. THAT YOU ARE PLAYING BRIDGE.
Opens Monday at Noon. Tuesday’s extra special concoction is a Yellow Bird (Rum, Galliano, Banana Liqueur, Cointreau, Pineapple)!
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TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY QUIZ 1. a. Who wrote, “The world of top flight bridge harbors maggots no self-respecting stone would shelter.”?
b. What is the name of the book in which that sentence appeared?
2. What famous player, in the role of kibitzer, said of a Gold Cup match: “Flint and Priday reached the grand slam in the other room, but were very unlucky when the ace of trump turned up offside.”?
3. Complete this sentence from Victor Mollo’s classic Bridge in the Menagerie: “And so, flitting smoothly from ____ to ____, the Rabbit came to execute a quadruple Grand Coup.”
4. John Scarne, the famous expert on all forms of gambling involving cards, wrote in the Introduction to Oswald Jacoby’s book on poker, I”d happily take half of Ozzie’s action against any competition, anywhere, any time.” What happened to Ozzie less than one year after the book was published?
5. Solve the following word jumbles (Note: “X” marks a letter that will also appear in the solution to the final part: a. SUPL X _ X _ b. RMTSE X _ _ X _ c. EOBUDL _ X X _ _ d. RCAPESOD _ X _ X _ X _ _ Final Part (Hint: The Ultimate Plan): ______Rules: Firstest with the mostest wins. Entries should be submitted to Allan Falk or Jacqui DeRouin by Midnight Wednesday. First prize: one of Allan’s books; Second Prize: two of Allan’s books . . . . ANSWERS TO SATURDAY-MONDAY QUIZ Hmmm, there were no entries submitted in the first quiz—shame!. Perhaps a look at the answers will entice you to challenge the Editor’s perverted sense of humor by essaying the Tuesday-Wednesday Quiz:
1. In 1931, John S. Bennett, a prosperous perfume salesman of Kansas City, Kansas, was shot and killed by his wife, after he slapped her during a bridge argument that erupted when he went down in 4 ; she was acquitted of murder later that year. What was Mrs. Bennett’s first name? MYRTLE (“Mrs.” Is NOT an acceptable answer!)
2. If you were to read the mind of the Editor of this Daily Bulletin (perish the thought!), whom should he regard as the greatest player ever? Lloyd Arvedon (on grounds he miraculously managed to carry your Editor to two four-session NABC victories. Half credit if you named Adam Wildavsky, who struggled to one NABC title in partnership with the Editor, but that was over six sessions).
3. Identify a bidding system fitting each of the following criteria: a. Vegetable Carrot Club (played by two Swedish internationalists) b. Fruit Orange Club (Bobby Wolff -Jim Jacoby, Dallas Aces, 1970-72) c. Color Blue [Team] Club (originally Garozzo-Forquet) d. Poultry Leghorn Diamond (another Italian creation, a Leghorn is a type of chicken) e. Multi-flavor ice cream Neapolitan Club (played by Massimo D’Alelio-Camillo Pabis-Ticci) f. Bird Canary Club (CANapé-RelaY-1 Forcing, John Lowenthal-Paul Heitner) g. Canine Bulldog (a system from the 1950’s, named for Bill [Hanna] & Doug [Steen])
4. In what year were the ACBL bylaws finally amended to provide that no person may be denied membership on account of race, color, or creed? 1967 (Sorry if you answered 1964, but that was the year the League opened NABCs to everyone, but not membership, which remained under control of each local unit.)
7 5. Name the two players who, hands down [in the editor’s humble opinion], gave the worst acceptance speeches in history when inducted into the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame: a. This player, a two-time Bermuda Bowl champion, said he would have won many more world championships and uncountable national championships if only his opponents had not consistently cheated and his partners had not been complete idiots. Ira Rubin b. This player, also a two-time world champion, essentially told us how lucky we are to live in an era when we can enjoy the privilege of watching someone as great as himself play the game. Peter Weichsel
6. Robert Tyre (“Bobby”) Jones, Jr. was a legendary golfer who, after winning the 1930 US and British Open and Amateur titles (four in all, the “grand slam”), retired from competition at age 28. What American world champion bridge player did more or less the equivalent, leaving the game at age 38 after winning his 26th national championship? David Bruce (fka Burnstine), ACBL Life Master #1 (Guess the game was too easy for him!)
7. Based on the last name of the Bermuda accountant who initiated and organized the first post-World War II world bridge championships, for what musical instrument would a composer who “never gets angry” write a Bermuda Bowl anthem? A well-tempered clavier (Norman M. Bach of Paget, Bermuda, is credited with initiating what has been known as the Bermuda Bowl since 1950). Apologies to music lovers everywhere.
Meet Barbara Seagram’s Vision 2000 Group
Every year, Toronto’s premier bridge teacher, Barbara Seagram, brings an ever larger group of bridge enthusiasts to the Bermuda Regional. Barbara will also be leading a group on a 35-day safari to South Africa, then plans to do tours of the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Galapagos and China. As you can see, her protégés all have lots of fun!
Barbara Seagram Seminar Barbara Seagram will be giving a seminar, “Common Traps to Avoid”. All members of Vision 2000 Travel Group and all Bermudians are invited to attend. The seminar is free of charge. Tuesday, Jan. 23, 5:00-6:00 p.m. Gardenia (King’s) Room
8 MONDAY’S RESULTS/TUESDAY’S PAIRINGS (KOs)
CHAMPIONSHIP KO BRACKET 1 9 Tables / Based on 21 Tables Alan Douglas, Pembroke Bermuda; Ian Harvey, The Villages FL; David Pereira, Hamilton Bermuda; Barry Rahman, Sandys Bermuda vs Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI; Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA; Myles Walsh, Sagamore Bch MA vs Vera Petty - Roman Smolski, Warwick Bermuda; G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Vancouver WA ------Bill Souster, Newport Gwent S Great Britain; Joseph Wakefield, Smith Bermuda; Jean Johnson, Devonshire Bermuda; Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Jim Linhart, Raleigh NC; Allan Graves, Vancouver BC vs Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; Barbara McLendon - Jesus Arias - Susan Schnelwar, New York NY vs Gary Bernstein, Montreal QC; Roman Klein, Oakville ON; Ronald Sutherland - Wendy Dooley, Mississauga ON ------
CHAMPIONSHIP KO BRACKET 2 13 Tables / Based on 18 Tables Stephan Juliusburger - Valda Feldman, Nassau Bahamas; Margaret Way, Paget Bermuda; Kevin Comeau, Smith's Bermuda vs Helen Richards - Margot Holden - Edith Morrow - Millicent MacIver, Toronto ON ------Joan Hoben - Janet Soskin, Darien CT; Kathleen Rowland, Norwalk CT; Linda Cleveland, New Canaan CT vs Elysa Burland - Greta Marshall, Warwick Bermuda; Patricia Hayward, St David's Bermuda; Peggy Thompson, Southampton Bermuda ------Thomas Rice - Janet Rice, Cleveland OH; Sandra Bruce - Joanne Grandy, Toronto ON vs Audrey Smith, Paget Bermuda; Judith Bussell, Devonshire Bermuda; Lynn O'Neill, Warwick Bermuda; Graham Fenton, Skopje 1000 Macedonia ------Jane Finn, Greenwich CT; Eda Newhouse, Scarsdale NY; Grant Mackinnon, Burlington ON; Muriel Brathwaite, Temple Terrace FL vs Susan Mayo, Vero Beach FL; Penelope Glassmeyer - Jean Thoma - Karen Barrett, Darien CT ------
CHAMPIONSHIP KO BRACKET 3 16 Tables Margaret Geldens - Mary Cardwell, Winnetka IL; Ann Fidler - James Fidler, Oklahoma City OK vs William Shaffer - Jean Shaffer, Milton MA; Martha Round, St Augustine FL; Betsy Hines, Marshfield MA ------Susan Schroeder, Rowayton CT; Gloria Hayes - Wendy Castagna - Barbara Trainer, Darien CT vs Carol Seager - Nancy Brown, Worcester MA; Mary Rupe, Williamsburg VA; Dee Burstein, Framingham MA ------Patti McCabe, Red Deer AB; Mildred Eckford, Calgary AB; Simon Giffen - Freya Giffen, Paget Bermuda vs William Myers - Roseanne Myers, Richmond Hill ON; Betty Kubetz, Midland ON; Peggy Pearson, Perkinsfield ON ------Janet DesChenes, Kennebunkport ME; Mary Leene, Cape Porpoise ME; Margaret Balian, Dedham MA; Rosamond Lownes, Needham MA
9 vs James Leitch, Smith's Bermuda; Gordon Bussell, Devonshire Bermuda; Richard Gray - Wendy Gray, Southampton Bermuda CEDAR COMPACT KO BRACKET 1 9 Tables / Based on 17 Tables Vera Petty - Roman Smolski, Warwick Bermuda; Karen Lee Barrett - G S Jade Barrett, Vancouver WA vs Patricia Riding, Smith's Bermuda; Brian Meyer, Cheektowaga NY; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; McKenzie Myers, Portland OR ------Jesus Arias - Susan Schnelwar, New York NY; Eda Newhouse, Scarsdale NY; Jane Finn, Greenwich CT vs Gary Bernstein, Montreal QC; Roman Klein, Oakville ON; Carolyn Feldman, Toronto ON; Wendy Dooley, Mississauga ON ------
CEDAR COMPACT KO BRACKET 2 15 Tables Joan Hoben - Janet Soskin, Darien CT; Kathleen Rowland, Norwalk CT; Linda Cleveland, New Canaan CT vs Carol Davidson, Wilton CT; Martha Hathaway, Norwalk CT; Marilyn Tjader, Darien CT; Betty Hodgman, New Canaan CT ------Joanne Grandy - Helen Richards - Margot Holden - Sandra Bruce, Toronto ON vs Barbara Whiting, West Norwalk CT; Margaret Hovell - Belinda Metzger - Audrey Cadwallader, Darien CT ------
MONDAY MORNING SIDE GAME 4.0 Tables A B C 2.12 1 1 1 Joseph Johnson - Overil Johnson, Oakville ON 62.70% 1.39 2/3 2/3 2/3 Aaron Bannett - Joy Bannett, Philadelphia PA 61.11% 1.39 2/3 2/3 2/3 P Mulder, Southampton Bermuda; Bea Williams, 61.11%
MONDAY AFTERNOON 99ER PAIR 7.0 Tables A B C 2.02 1 1 1 Frances Warburton, Smith's Bermuda; Gill Butterfield, Tuckers Town Bermuda 63.75% 1.52 2 2 Peter Jones, Paget Bermuda; Sara Zug, Gladwyne PA 63.33% 1.14 3 3 2 Jerry Greenspan - Dorothy Greenspan, Harrison NY 57.08% 0.75 4/5 4/5 3/4 Louise Davenport, Blue Bell PA; Kathleen Murphy, Ambler PA 56.67% 0.75 4/5 4/5 3/4 David Nayish - Greg Carey, Hamilton Bermuda 56.67%
MONDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME 22.0 Tables A B C 4.85 1 1 Tony Viidik - Joan Viidik, Waterloo ON 66.37% 3.64 2 2 1 Dorothy Erney - Stanley Erney, Endwell NY 62.80% 2.73 3 3 Jay Gould - Luetta Gould, New York NY 61.61% 2.05 4 Michael Cornes, Shropshire England; Annette Lucas, Telford Tf1 United Kingdom 61.31% 2.73 5 4 2 Audrey Cadwallader - Belinda Metzger, Darien CT 60.42% 1.37 6 Donald Geerhart - Jean Levin, Springfield VA 58.93% 2.05 5 3 Phyllis Chambers, Winnetka IL; Susan Harrison, Darien CT 56.55% 1.54 6 4 Ernst Wunsch - Birgit Wunsch, Forest Hills NY 55.65% 1.15 5 Donna Leitch, Smiths Bermuda; Jeanette Shaw, Somerset Bermuda 55.36% 1.68 6 Margaret Hovell, Darien CT; Barbara Whiting, West Norwalk CT 54.46%
MONDAY EVENING SIDE GAME 16.0 Tables A B C 3.94 1 Barbara McLendon, New York NY; Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON 62.31% 3.64 2 1 Joanne Grandy - Roslyn Stollery, Toronto ON 61.93% 2.73 3 2 1 Kate Hedges, Nepean ON; Allyson Eadie, Toronto ON 61.74% 1.66 4 Phyllis Bennett, Beaconsfield QC; Doris Leckie, Pointe-Claire QC 60.23% 2.05 5 3 Joan Deardeuff - Barbara Bolen, Oklahoma City OK 60.04% 1.54 6 4 David Wooden, Acton MA; Jane Finn, Greenwich CT 58.90%
10 1.57 5 Albert Muggia - Judie Muggia, Winchester MA 57.39% 1.12 6 Tony Viidik - Joan Viidik, Waterloo ON 56.82% 2.05 2 Belinda Metzger - Audrey Cadwallader, Darien CT 56.63% 1.35 3/4 Judy Saltz, Boothwyn PA; Sandra Barron-Fiske, Silver Spring MD 54.73% 1.35 3/4 Margaret Hovell, Darien CT; Miriam Brown, Winnipeg MB 54.73% 0.95 5 Richard Plummer - E Jane Plummer, Valley Forge PA 51.89%
MONDAY EVENING 99ER PAIR 5.0 Tables A B C 1.79 1 Ron Walenius - Eleanor Walenius, Toronto ON 58.84% 1.34 2 John Drake - Jeannie Drake, Oklahoma City OK 56.47% 1.47 3 1 1 Kristina Nadarajah, Hamilton Bermuda; Christiane Bock, Hamilton Hm Fx Bermuda 56.22% 1.10 4 2 2 Rosemary Smith, Hamilton Bermuda; Julia Patton, Warwick Bermuda 55.98% 0.83 3 Marion Atack - Daniel Atack, Kingston ON 55.18%
MONDAY AFT 99ER PAIR ONLY SESSION
NORTH-SOUTH SECTION A EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Peter Jones, Paget 1 1 1 Frances Warburton, Bermuda; Sara Zug, Smith's Bermuda; Gill Gladwyne PA 63.33% Butterfield, Tuckers 63.75% 2/3 2/3 1/2 Louise Davenport, Blue 2 2 2 Jerry Greenspan - Bell PA; Kathleen Dorothy Greenspan, Murphy, Ambler PA 56.67% Harrison NY 57.08% 2/3 2/3 1/2 David Nayish - Greg 3 3 Joan Ross, Smiths Carey, Hamilton Bermuda 56.67% Burundi; Judith Evans, Pembroke Bermuda 55.00%
MONDAY AFT SIDE GAME 3 OF 6 SESSION
NORTH-SOUTH SECTION B EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Michael Cornes, 1 1 Tony Viidik - Joan Shropshire England; Viidik, Waterloo ON 66.37% Annette Lucas, Telford 61.31% 2 2 1 Audrey Cadwallader - 2 Donald Geerhart - Jean Belinda Metzger, Darien CT 60.42% Levin, Springfield VA 58.93% 3 Doris Leckie, 3 1 1 Margaret Hovell, Darien Pointe-Claire QC; CT; Barbara Whiting, Phyllis Bennett, 55.06% West Norwalk CT 54.46% 4 3 Joan Deardeuff, 4 2 Phyllis Merritt, Oklahoma City OK; Waynesboro VA; Mavis Margot Epstein, St 54.76% Hetherington, 52.98% 2 Dode Walker - Clifford 3 2 Louise Rodger, Paget Walker, Toronto ON 48.51% Bermuda; Dorry Lusher, Pembroke Bermuda 52.68%
NORTH-SOUTH SECTION C EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Jay Gould - Luetta 1 1 1 Dorothy Erney - Stanley Gould, New York NY 61.61% Erney, Endwell NY 62.80% 2 2 1 Phyllis Chambers, 2 2 2 Ernst Wunsch - Birgit Winnetka IL; Susan Wunsch, Forest Hills NY 55.65% Harrison, Darien CT 56.55% 3 3 Agnes Mckinnon, Arklon 3 3 2 Donna Leitch, Smiths Iran; Lorna Brewer, Bermuda; Jeanette Shaw, Tonawanda NY 53.87% Somerset Bermuda 55.36% 4 4 3 Selma Cooley - Carol 4 4 3 Patricia Haviland, Costigan, Springfield MA 52.98% Dedham MA; Joan Noonan, 4 Mary Akin - Mary Westwood MA 51.79% Daniher, Toronto ON 51.49% 4 J De Berry, Cookeville TN; Patricia Papini, Middletown NY 50.30%
MONDAY EVENING SIDE GAME 4TH OF 6 SESSION
NORTH-SOUTH SECTION F EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Joanne Grandy - Roslyn 1 Barbara McLendon, New Stollery, Toronto ON 61.93% York NY; Daniel Lavee, 2 Judy Fiske, Sagamore Thornhill ON 62.31%
11 Beach MA; Kathleen 2 1 1 Kate Hedges, Nepean ON; Kenney, South Yarmouth MA 58.14% Allyson Eadie, Toronto ON 61.74% 3 2 Albert Muggia - Judie 3 Phyllis Bennett, Muggia, Winchester MA 57.39% Beaconsfield QC; Doris 4 3 Tony Viidik - Joan Leckie, Pointe-Claire QC 60.23% Viidik, Waterloo ON 56.82% 4 2 Joan Deardeuff - 5 4 1 Belinda Metzger - Barbara Bolen, Oklahoma Audrey Cadwallader, City OK 60.04% Darien CT 56.63% 5 3 David Wooden, Acton MA; 6/7 5/6 2/3 Judy Saltz, Boothwyn Jane Finn, Greenwich CT 58.90% PA; Sandra 6 4 2 Richard Plummer - E Barron-Fiske, Silver 54.73% Jane Plummer, Valley 6/7 5/6 2/3 Margaret Hovell, Darien Forge PA 51.89% CT; Miriam Brown, 5 Cheryl Pehoushek, Winnipeg MB 54.73% Lewisburg PA; Becky Roberts, Ft Myers FL 50.95% 3 Dorothy Erney - Stanley Erney, Endwell NY 48.30%
MONDAY EVENING 99ER PAIR ONLY SESSION
SECTION G A B C 1 Ron Walenius - Eleanor Walenius, Toronto ON 58.84% 2 John Drake - Jeannie Drake, Oklahoma City OK 56.47% 3 1 1 Kristina Nadarajah, Hamilton Bermuda; Christiane Bock, Hamilton Hm Fx Bermuda 56.22% 4 2 2 Rosemary Smith, Hamilton Bermuda; Julia Patton, Warwick Bermuda 55.98% 3 Marion Atack - Daniel Atack, Kingston ON 55.18%
MON-TUES OPEN PAIRS MON EVE SESSION
NORTH-SOUTH SECTION A EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Richard Gray - Wendy 1 Allan Graves, Vancouver Gray, Southampton Bermuda 64.35% BC; Jean Johnson, 2 Ian Harvey, The Devonshire Bermuda 63.43% Villages FL; David 2 Roman Klein, Oakville Pereira, Hamilton Bermuda 61.11% ON; Gary Bernstein, 3 2 David Sykes - Sally Montreal QC 60.88% Sykes, Paget Bermuda 56.94% 3 Lynanne Bolton, Warwick 4 3 Susan Mayo, Vero Beach Bermuda; Margaret Way, FL; Penelope Paget Bermuda 55.09% Glassmeyer, Darien CT 54.86% 4 1 Gertrude Barker, 2 Patricia Colmet, Warwick Bermuda; Jane Pembroke Bermuda; Mona Smith, Flatts Bermuda 51.85% Marie Gambrill, Paget 52.31% 2 Diana Diel - Lynn O'Neill, Warwick Bermuda 49.31% 3 1 Anthony Buckley - Dorothy Buckley, Flatts Bermuda 47.69% 2 Patricia Hayward, St David's Bermuda; Greta Marshall, Warwick Bermuda 46.99%
NORTH-SOUTH SECTION B EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Wendy Dooley - Ronald 1 Greg Hinze, San Antonio Sutherland, Mississauga ON 64.12% TX; McKenzie Myers, 2 Sven Pride, Dulles VA; Portland OR 60.19% Alan Douglas, Pembroke 2 1 David Cordon, Warwick Bermuda 57.87% Bermuda; John Burville, 3 Charles Stenger - Mary Pembroke Bermuda 59.95% Guandolo, Rockville MD 57.41% 3 Annette Lucas, Telford 4 1 Marcelle Davidson - Tf1 United Kingdom; James Davidson, West Michael Cornes, 56.48% Chester PA 56.02% 4 2 1 Carol Seager, Worcester 2/3 Sheila Livermore, MA; Dee Burstein, Chatham MA; Susan Framingham MA 53.01% Milsky, Eastham MA 50.69% 3 William Mulveney - 2/3 1 Martha Round, St Roberta Mulveney, Augustine FL; Betsey Burlington ON 52.08% Hines, Marshfield Hills MA 50.69% 2 Mary Cardwell - Margaret Geldens, Winnetka IL 49.77%
12 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION C EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Magda Farag, Hamilton 1 1 Harry Kast, Hamilton Bermuda; Stephen Ball, Bermuda; Michael Smiths Bermuda 54.63% Bickley, St Georges Bermuda 57.41% 2 2 1 Russell Craft, Warwick 2 Carolyn Feldman, Bermuda; Dee Griffiths, Toronto ON; Anne Marie Smith's Bermuda 54.17% Crabbe, London ON 54.86% 3 Jacqueline DeRouin, 3 2 Peggy Pearson, Okemos MI; Brenda Perkinsfield ON; Betty Fortunate, Grand Blanc MI 53.47% Kubetz, Midland ON 54.40% 4 3 Stanley Steckler, New 4 3 1 Rachael Gosling, Paget Canaan CT; Yvonne Bermuda; Elizabeth Kennedy, Willowdale ON 53.24% McKee, Devonshire Bermuda 53.24%
NORTH-SOUTH SECTION D EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Bill Souster, Newport 1 G S Jade Barrett - Gwent S Great Britain; Karen Lee Barrett, Jim Linhart, Raleigh NC 61.52% Vancouver WA 63.13% 2 Edward White, Grand 2 Joseph Wakefield, Smith Blanc MI; Bert Newman, Bermuda; William West Bloomfield MI 58.44% Tucker, Hamilton Bermuda 59.61% 3 1 1 Ian Hilton, Pembroke 3 Heather Burling, Bermuda; David Barber, Newmarket ON; Donna Southampton Bermuda 53.38% Berlet, Port Elgin ON 52.89% 4 2 Aaron Bannett - Joy 4 1 1 John Rayner, Hamilton Bannett, Philadelphia PA 50.98% Bermuda; E Donald Airey, Paget Bermuda 51.50% 2 2 Susan Schroeder, Rowayton CT; Gloria Hayes, Darien CT 51.25% 3 Richmond Simmons - Marilynn Simmons, Paget Bermuda 50.58%
GEOGRAPHY
Bermuda (also known as The Bermuda Islands and formerly as The Somers Isles) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated around 1,100 miles northeast of Miami, Florida and 840 statute miles south-east of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about 640 statute miles (1030 km) west-northwest. It is the oldest remaining British overseas territory, settled by England a century before the Acts of Union and two centuries before the creation of the United Kingdom.
Although commonly referred to in the singular, the territory consists of approximately 138 islands, with a total area of 27.7 sq. mi. (71.7 square kilometers) [slightly larger than Manhattan island, which has an area of 22.6 sq. mi.]. Compiling a list of these islands is often complicated, as many have more than one name (as does the entire archipelago, which, in addition to its two official names, has historically been known as “La Garza”, “Virgineola”, and the “Isle of Devils”). Despite the limited land mass, there has also been a tendency for place names to be repeated; there are, for instance, two islands named “Long Island”, two bays known as “Long Bay” and the town of St. George is located within the parish of St. George on the island of St. George. Meanwhile, Bermuda’s capital, the City of Hamilton, lies in Pembroke Parish, not Hamilton Parish, on the largest island, “Main Island”, which itself is sometimes called “Bermuda” (or “Great Bermuda”).
Bermuda has a thriving economy, with a large financial sector and tourism industry. It is blessed with a warm, tropical climate and beautiful beaches, being one of the few places in the world to boast pink sand and turquoise oceans.
13 Contrary to common misconception, Bermuda is not located within the tropics. The subtropical climate is strongly influenced by the Gulf Stream which flows nearby. Bermuda has a very humid climate and, as a result, the summer-time heat index can be very high, even when the actual temperature seems moderate. Winters are mild with average daytime temperatures in January and February around 20 °C (68 °F). The powerful winds and heavy rain mean that the felt temperature can fall below freezing, even though the actual temperature may rarely drop much below 10 °C (50 °F).
The only source of fresh water in Bermuda is rainfall, which is collected on roofs and catchments (or drawn from underground lenses) and stored in tanks. Each dwelling usually has at least one of these tanks forming part of its foundation. FOR THIS REASON, KINDLY CONSERVE WATER. Military Significance of Bermuda
Due to its near central location in the North Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda performed important functions during both world wars, serving as a marshalling point for trans-Atlantic convoys, as well as a naval and (during WWII) air base. In 1940, the Destroyers for Bases Agreement (“Lend Lease”) allowed the US military a presence in a number of British West Indies territories in exchange for vessels loaned to the Royal Navy. Although not part of this exchange, base rights in Bermuda and Newfoundland were also extended to the USA gratis. The US began building two airbases in Bermuda in 1941 under a 99-year lease, operating them until the end of the Cold War.
For many years, the Americans used their airbases as a forward point in the search for submarines, first German and later Soviet. Canada, which operated a war-time naval base at Convict Bay, also established a radio-listening post at Daniel’s Head, in the West End of the islands during this time frame.
In the 1950s, the Royal Naval dockyard and the military garrison were closed. A small supply base continued to operate within the dockyard area until it, too, was closed in 1995, along with the American and Canadian bases. However, unresolved issues concerning the withdrawal of the American forces (primarily related to environmental factors) delayed the formal return of the bases’ land to the Bermudan Government until 2002.
Today, the only military unit remaining in Bermuda is the Bermuda Regiment, an amalgam of the voluntary units originally formed toward the end of the nineteenth century. Lighthouses Gibb’s Hill Lighthouse (left) has been shining since May 1, 1846, after a rash of shipwrecks along Bermuda’s coastline. A popular sightseeing spot for visitors willing to climb the 185 stairs to the top, it offers panoramic views of the entire coastline, the City of Hamilton, and beyond. One of the oldest lighthouses in the world made of cast iron, its powerful beam is visible to a distance of 40 miles.
To the east and visible on a clear day stands the stone St. David’s Lighthouse (pictured at right), built in 1879, which stands at the top of Lighthouse Hill in St. David’s. Fifty-five feet tall from base to lantern, St. David’s offers panoramic views which can be appreciated from the hilltop even if the lighthouse is closed.
EXPERT PANEL SERIES KICKS OFF TUESDAY MORNING
Bermudian expert and raconteur David Ezekiel, joined by Canada’s Allan Graves, will answer your questions about system, partnership agreements, play and defense, focusing on Monday’s hands, at 10:30 a.m. near the playing area. You will be amused and informed by these world class teachers and players. And, like “the best things in life”, it’s free. Imagine Tiger Woods giving free golf lessons!
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